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Martin Gill The slowing services industry is taking its toll on the Scottish economy, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Alasdair Gardner March saw a sharper deterioration in business conditions in Scotland’s private sector, according to the Bank of Scotland's latest survey.

A map showing the highest concentrations of cold homes across Scotland - click to zoom Political parties have been urged to commit to ridding Scotland of the “scourge” of cold homes by 2025 after new data revealed that there are up to 1.5 million cold homes in the country.

Robin McAdam Investment management groups Brooks Macdonald, which has a significant presence in Scotland via its Edinburgh office, has today launched a new corporate identity designed to bring together all of its subsidiary businesses under one Brooks Macdonald 'masterbrand'.

The University of Dundee is to open a new centre of entrepreneurship encompassing a business accelerator. Elevator, a social enterprise which works across Tayside and Grampian to provide Business Gateway services and help facilitate start-up and growth of new and existing businesses on behalf of the

Dominic Wedderburn Fife is fast becoming one of Scotland’s property hotspots, according to one local estate agent.

Scotland’s public sector should target a tenth of its spending power on firms with fewer than 10 employees, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has claimed. FSB argues that if the Scottish devolved public sector spent just 0.5 per cent more of their total procurement budget with micro firms e

The average cash losses from the Scottish government’s proposed council tax reforms will be over ten times greater for the richest tenth of households compared to the poorest half, according to a new report published today by the Resolution Foundation. The report, entitled Battle of the Bands, mod

Average selling prices across east central Scotland have seen notable decreases over the last three months due to LBTT tax changes, according to the latest analysis from estate agents ESPC. The average selling price in east central Scotland in the first three months of 2016 is now 10.5 per cent less

Andy Wightman Scotland is being marketed as a tax haven beside the likes of Panama, with Russian news websites hosting advertorials listing it alongside the phrase “offshore zones”, The Herald reports.

Simon Glazier and Amanda Ollason Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) have announced the promotion of two members of their management team to senior manager positions.

Audit teams need to hire more people from diverse backgrounds, according to research carried out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC). ICAS and the FRC commissioned two teams - led by experts at the University of Pretoria in South

Lyn Calder Scottish coconut water brand Go Coco has signed a distribution deal with Highland Spring Group (HSG) and is now looking to expand by targeting major supermarkets in the UK.

A five-figure sum of money has been robbed from a Scottish branch of Santander after being raided by masked criminals. The heist, carried out at the Spanish banking giant’s outlet in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, saw security staff targeted while transfering cash at the branch.

Emma Chalmers The demand for estates in Perthshire and Angus remains high, according to property consultancy, CKD Galbraith.